r/nottheonion • u/novagridd • 6h ago

Thailand's Prostitution Patrol on High Alert as 5,000 US Sailors Drop Ship After 200 Days at Sea

https://www.fashiontimes.co.uk/pattaya-police-intensify-prostitution-patrols-us-navy-visit-1763395
18.1k Upvotes

97% Upvoted

1.1k comments sorted by

View all comments

291

u/Piggy145145 6h ago

I thought it was legal there

Edit read the article turns out despite being known a sex tourism place it is not in fact legal in Thailand .

125

u/21Rollie 4h ago

One of those things where it being de jure illegal but de facto legal is the best of both worlds for the state. You can get easy legal dirt on people, whilst still benefiting from the economic activity it generates, and not needing to protect the workers who make it possible.

6

u/No_Internal9345 3h ago

The "prostitution patrol" is more like make sure everyone is playing nice and fair patrol.